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                                 Hauptplatz in Linz, capital of
                                 Upper Austria, is one of the most
                                 beautiful architectural sights in
                                 Central Europe. In the centre of
                                 the square stands the marble
                                 column of the Holy Trinity (1723).












                Gmünd

                               Hollabrunn
                 LOWER AUSTRIA
                AND BURGENLAND   Stockerau
                   (see pp132–59)                 A Monument to Strauss and
                                VIENNA
      Linz                     (see pp54–127)     Lanner was erected in the spa
                                                   park of Baden, a sleepy town
 UPPER  Wels     Melk   St Pölten                 close to Vienna, famous for its
 AUSTRIA                                           sulphuric baths and casino,
 (see pp190–213)  Steyr    Baden bei               one of the oldest in Austria.
                              Wien
                                      Eisenstadt
                        Wiener Neustadt
              Mitterbach
 Salzburg
 Lofer
 Wörgl                       Oberpullendorf
 Bregenz
 Reutte  Radstadt  Leoben
 Zell am See
 Schwaz
                 STYRIA
 TYROL AND  SALZBURGER LAND  (Ssee pp160–89)
 VORARLBERG  Innsbruck  (see pp214–37)  Murau
 Bludenz  (see pp238–67)
                   Graz
 CARINTHIA
 Lienz  AND EAST TYROL  Wolfsberg
 (see pp268–85)    Leibnitz
      Klagenfurt
 Villach


                                               The Zeughaus in Graz, capital of
                                               Styria province, is an impressive
             The Landhaus in                   display of the city’s armoury and
          Klagenfurt, seat of the              former power.
           Carinthian provincial
         government, was built in
          the 16th century in an
       Italianate style, and is one of
       Klagenfurt’s most attractive              0 kilometres  50
           buildings. Its glorious
         galleried inner courtyard               0 miles         50
        remains intact to this day.





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